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Finances

Examining Trends in Liquidity for a Sample of Kansas Farms

Liquidity measures in 2018 will depend on a multitude of factors including crop prices and yields, weather, and other factors, all of which are inter-related.

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Farm Safety Net for 2018

Examine historical and 2018 projected earnings per acre for a case farm in west central Indiana.

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Using Enterprise Budgets to Compute Crop Breakeven Prices

Enterprise budgets are often one of the building blocks to creating a whole-farm plan.

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2017 Gross Revenue Scenarios for Soybeans

Soybean production margins have been tight since 2014 and are likely to remain tight in 2017. In this environment, it is natural to think about possible gross revenues for soybeans in 2017.

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2017 Gross Revenue Scenarios for Corn

Crop margins have been extremely tight since 2014 and are likely to remain tight for in 2017. In this environment, it is natural to think about possible gross revenues for corn in 2017.

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Relationship between Cash Rent and Net Return to Land

This article examines the relationship between cash rent and net return to land for Indiana, and attempts to answer this question.

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How Should Business Income be Divided?

A model described that can be used to divide farm business income and provided an illustration of how this model could be used in practice.

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Stress Testing Financial Performance

Stress testing describes a range of techniques that can be used to access the vulnerability of a firm’s balance sheet and income statement to changes in prices, production, or financing. Stress testing can be an extremely useful tool when evaluating strategies for dealing with lower prices, higher costs, asset purchases, and changes in loan terms.

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Leverage and Interest Rate Risk

Financial risk is incurred when a farm borrows money to purchase assets or operate the farm. Financial risk is caused by uncertainty pertaining to interest rates, lending relationships, changes in market value of assets used as collateral, and cash flow used to repay debt.

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Leverage and Financial Risk

Financial risk is incurred when a farm borrows money to purchase assets or operate the farm. Financial risk is caused by uncertainty pertaining to interest rates, lending relationships, changes in market value of assets used as collateral, and cash flow used to repay debt.

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